Profoundly Entertaining: An Introduction to Shakespeare's ArtistryXlibris Corporation, 2. 11. 2006 - Počet stran: 506 Profoundly Entertaining offers the general reader a chance to think about Shakespeares artistry in a sustained way. Entertaining as Shakespeares plays are, that quality by itself wouldnt justify the effort required to overcome the difficulty their language poses. Their enduring popularity suggests that, to varying degrees, their audiences sense their profundity even if they cannot confidently articulate their experience. Without any overarching argument to makemerely with admiration for the most intelligent, honest, courageous, and sustained confrontation of human life of which we have written recordthe book invites its readers to accompany Shakespeare on his journey of exploration into the human condition unobscured by prevailing orthodoxies and comforting illusions. |
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... play I regret most having excluded is Antony and Cleopatra. Instead of it, I chose Coriolanus to represent the two plays based on Roman history that Shakespeare wrote after Macbeth. I wouldn't want to make an argument that Coriolanus is ...
... play I regret most having excluded is Antony and Cleopatra. Instead of it, I chose Coriolanus to represent the two plays based on Roman history that Shakespeare wrote after Macbeth. I wouldn't want to make an argument that Coriolanus is ...
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... plays in any general discussion of them, no matter how obvious or often noted. Thus, I've made little effort to ... play texts in that edition of the complete plays and poems are duly noted. Readers should be aware of a convention ...
... plays in any general discussion of them, no matter how obvious or often noted. Thus, I've made little effort to ... play texts in that edition of the complete plays and poems are duly noted. Readers should be aware of a convention ...
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... play we're considering , Findlay's Iago kneels beside Othello . That's precisely what the text calls for , because , if you reread the lines quoted above , you'll see that they unmistakably echo a marriage vow . This is the moment when ...
... play we're considering , Findlay's Iago kneels beside Othello . That's precisely what the text calls for , because , if you reread the lines quoted above , you'll see that they unmistakably echo a marriage vow . This is the moment when ...
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... plays . Suffice it now to point out that the acting companies bought the plays outright for a fixed sum — usually anywhere from six to nine pounds for an original play — and then owned them , with no obligation to their authors to share ...
... plays . Suffice it now to point out that the acting companies bought the plays outright for a fixed sum — usually anywhere from six to nine pounds for an original play — and then owned them , with no obligation to their authors to share ...
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... play we'll discuss , all the confusions and jealousies among the various lovers have been worked out by the end of Act IV . The fifth act is devoted to the nuptial celebrations of not only Duke Theseus and his bride Hippolyta , but also ...
... play we'll discuss , all the confusions and jealousies among the various lovers have been worked out by the end of Act IV . The fifth act is devoted to the nuptial celebrations of not only Duke Theseus and his bride Hippolyta , but also ...
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Profoundly Entertaining: An Introduction to Shakespeare's Artistry Herbert B. Rothschild Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |
Profoundly Entertaining: An Introduction to Shakespeare's Artistry Herbert B. Rothschild Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |
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